[0:00:00] Gentlemen, Antonio here.
All right.
Today, we’re going to talk about chafing, in particular how to prevent chafing with
the right type of underwear.
So, let’s take a step back, I want to talk – go back to 1977 OCS training in Quantico,
Virginia.
I’m a young guy going through this OCS training and I’m full of, you know, I got a lot of
confidence.
I’m a distance runner, I’ve been doing pretty good up to this point.
We’re going to go into forced march.
It wasn’t too long, I think it was five miles, I’m like, I can handle this.
I’ve gone off and I’ve ran 15 miles you know, this isn’t going to be a problem at
all.
Threw in all the pack threw in all the gear, it’s heavy.
I’m in my, you know, in my camis, we started to go.
At about the midway point, I start to feel this pain down, yes, down between the legs
and even around the thigh area.
Guys, I am suffering from chafing.
Basically, I am rubbing myself wrong.
And anybody that has gone through long hike, anyone that has gone through a forced march,
anyone that maybe works, you know, maybe you wear scrubs all day and you just basically
have your package dangling down there and you don’t have a lot of support, you know
what I’m talking about when it starts to rub raw down there.
So, how do you stop this?
How do you find underwear that can help prevent this?
Well, I’ve been a distance runner for a long time and I know at the time at OCS what
I did is I would every time we’d go on a forced march, I would threw a lot of Vaseline
down there.
Yes, it’s not clean and not something I recommend, you know, you do on a daily basis.
Other guys, you know, they are simply going to wear tighty whiteys they’re going to
wear a jockstrap, they’re going to wear maybe a synthetic underwear that basically
takes your equipment and holds it up a lot closer to the body.
The problem with that, not super comfortable, but, hey, you know, we’re going to solve
the problem.
There’s also some other things like what is it?
Zinc oxide, you’re going to do see body Glide as well.
So, these things can help prevent some chafing, but you’re throwing a lot of that stuff
down there and it’s not really, I think a long term solution if you are daily having
issues.
Some of you guys, you know, you’ve got maybe a testicle or two that is really sensitive
and you’ve been looking for something, you know, you’d like to wear boxers you’d
like to wear something that looks a little bit more stylish than a close-fitted pair
of whitey tighties.
So, I heard a story about a guy who was an army sergeant, he’s over in Iraq and he
had the same issue basically.
He’s trying to figure out how to solve this, he’s in a very hot environment.
So, he’s taken fabric and he’s putting it down into his underwear, yes, you know,
and he actually made his first pair over there, he says, hey, this is actually working.
I’m able to separate my equipment from the rest of my body and it’s a lot more comfortable.
He comes back to the United States and he creates this really cool type of underwear
that actually has a pouch in the front of it that separates your equipment.
What he did is he solve the chafing problem, he solved the discomfort problem while not
having to either slap on a lot of, you know, lubricant down there or take his equipment
and bring it closer to the body.
So, I love innovations like this.
So, I got my hand like I said on a pair of these, been wearing them.
I’d have to say it works.
It’s very unique, it’s something I never – I never would thought of, I wish I would
have thought of, I wish I would have had this back in OCS.
And, yeah, so guys go check them out Sheath Underwear.
I’m going to link to them.
Go check it out.
Let me know in the comments below what do you think about this.
I’ve got three reasons why I really like this company.
Number one, it’s innovative and it actually works.
So, they’ve got all these athletes high endurance guys putting testimonials on there.
Then, I go over and I check them out at Amazon.
They’ve got over thirty reviews, almost all of them five star and people are just
saying this stuff is awesome.
One guy, he did have really – a really sensitive testicle and he’s talking about this helped
solve the problem.
So, I love innovation.
Number two is when I go look at it, it’s a good value.
So, how do I define my good value?
The price, it isn’t prohibitive, you can buy, you know, a pack of five and it’s actually
a pretty good price.
The other thing is they use a good material.
So, I was talking about this, I’ve looked at the stitching, you know, really well-made.
I’ve washed this about three times already, they have held up beautifully, they’re still
very soft.
Made with 95% cotton, it’s got 5% elastane, but like I said the stitching is solid, the
overall fit is true to form, So, I love it when you find a company that delivers value.
And, number three, it’s a veteran-owned business, it’s a new business.
You guys know I’ve a got soft spot in my heart for new businesses and one that’s
veteran-owned, I have to – I definitely have to give it a double look.
So, go check them out, SheathUnderwear.com.
I think it’s a really cool innovative company and I would love to hear from you guys down
the comments what you think of them, innovative?
Maybe some I’m not going to try, but let me know and I’ll see you in the next video.
Take care.
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